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from near the base of the pinnule and diverging into the lobes. Indu- 

 sium narrowly linear, entire, and very coriaceous. 



This appears to be closely related to the A. angustatum of Blume. 



38. Asplenium. grist atum, Sp. Nov. (Tab. 21.) 



A. stipitibus brevibus angulatis squamosis ; frondibus oblongo 7 lanceolatis 

 acuminatis bipinnatis; piiinis subalternis horizontalibus basi pinnatis 

 apice inciso-serratis; pinnulis memhranaceis obovato-cuneatis bifidis 

 vel trifidis, segmentis truncato-cuneatis duplicato-dentatis ; venis ra- 

 mosis; sorts paucis linearibus; indusio membranaceq stramineo inte- 

 gerrimo. 



Hab. Mountains near Baiios, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 



Stipes short (2 to 3 inches long), of a dark brown colour, closely 

 covered at the base with slender scales, which extend in a scattered 

 manner up the rhachis. Fronds nearly a foot long, of a beautiful 

 deep green colour, and, with the slightly petiolate pinnae, oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, contracting rather suddenly into a sharply serrate point. Pin- 

 nules membranaceous, 8 to 10 in number, 4 to 6 lines long, obovate- 

 cuneate, the inferior pair trifid, or externally bifid; the divisions or 

 segments truncate-cuneate, doubly toothed, the teeth rather sharp. Son 

 one or two on each segment, with a straw-coloured linear, entire, mem- 

 branaceous indusium. 



Manifestly allied to the A. cuneatum of Lamarck; but distinguished 

 by the pinnules being more deeply divided. 



Plate 21. — : Fig. 3. A frond of the natural size. 3 a. Under side of 

 a pinnule, showingtthe indusium; magnified. 



"39. Asplenium quneatum, Lam. 



Asplenium cuneatum, Lam. ex. Sw. Syn. El. p. 84; Willd. Spec. PI. 5, p. 344 j 



Blume, Enum. Plant. Jav. 2, p. 187. 

 Ruta Muraria maxima, Sloane, Hist. Jam. p. 93; t. 46,. f. 2. 



